INTERNATIONAL show jumping came to an exciting close on Friday with glorious sunshine setting the stage for the highly anticipated CSI2* 1.45m Grand Prix. With a strong field of competitors declared, the feature class, which was sponsored by the CAB Group and Dunlop Homes International and supported by Bottlegreen was wide open with a host of top Irish riders from home and abroad joined by overseas competitors.

In the end, it was Galway’s Jessica Burke - making the trip from her base at Arion Stud in Hampshire, England - who claimed victory and the top prize of €9,900 with Liam Nicholas’ home-bred Express Trend, a 15-year-old gelding by Future Trend out of the Condios mare Condios Express.